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33 Cards in this Set
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Development of tooth buds (20) |
Bud |
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Crown formed |
Bell |
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Cells grow and increase in number resembles cap |
Cap |
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Root forms cementum formed |
Root |
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Process when tooth moves into the mouth & comes into contact with its antagonist |
Active eruption |
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Continuing process of adaptation of the tooth to changing incisal and occlusal relationships due attrition and changing locations of adjacent teeth continues throughout lifetime |
Passive eruption |
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The process by which the root of the deciduous tooth is melted away |
Resorption |
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The shedding of the deciduous teeth |
Exfoliation |
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Root fused to the bone |
Ankylosis |
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The complete lack of teeth |
Anodontia |
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The complete absence of teeth |
Total anodontia |
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Excessive number of teeth |
Supernumerary teeth |
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Small central that develops between permanent maxillary centrals |
Mesiodens |
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Abnormally large teeth |
Macrodontia |
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All teeth are abnormally large |
True macrodontia |
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Individual teeth are large incisors, canines, & mandibular 3rd molars |
False macrodontia |
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Abnormally small teeth |
Microdontia |
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All teeth are abnormally small |
True microdontia |
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Individual teeth are small |
False microdontia |
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Union of 2 adjacent tooth buds only crowns & anterior teeth |
Fusion |
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Due to prenatal syphilis |
Hutchinson's teeth |
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A benign tumor |
Odontoma |
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Due to excessive levels of fluoride |
Dental fluorosis |
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Due to the administration of antibiotic drug to mother during certain prenatal or to the infant |
Tetracycline staining |
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Gradual & regular loss of tooth substance as a result of natural mastication |
Physiologic attrition |
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Gradual but loss of tooth substance occurs more rapidly additional factors accelerate this loss |
Intensified attrition |
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A gradual loss of tooth substance in one tooth or a group of teeth that results from abnormal mastication or abnormal tooth alignment or jaw relations |
Pathologic attrition |
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Due to excessive brushing habits toothpaste too abrasive, toothpaste too hard |
Toothpaste abrasion |
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May harm gingiva |
Toothpicks |
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Pipe, bobby pins, pens create notch on incisal edge |
Specific habits of abrasion |
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Glass blower, notch on teeth, musician, carpenter |
Occupations of people with abrasion |
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Excessive ingestion of acids |
Erosion dietary habits |
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Vomiting |
Disturbances in gastrointestinal tract |
